Thunderstorm
Grey
Is the color of the sky when it rains
Rain
A thousand arrows that are
Tiny
Wet
Painless
Black
Is the color of the clouds when it rains
Filling with tears inside
Crying until they can cry no more
Bursting
When that first fork of
Lightning
Streaks across the sky
Illuminating the world
Setting forests on fire
Creating
Thunder
A strike for the angels
In the heavens
Shaking the earth
The forces
Of
Nature
All together
Making a
Thunderstorm
October 4, 2002
A Gloomy Day
Pitter patter
Tweet, tweet
Cricket, cricket
Soft wetness
Cars skidding
Grey and white sky
Rainy day
October 10, 2002
My Best Friend's Pain
She is all alone
In this world of tears
She has lost a friend
Though not me
She must cry alone
In her pain
Her tears of sorrow
Fill dozens of tissues
She is all alone
In her world of tears
October 17, 2002
Change of Season - Fall
The leaves fall to the ground
The world is sprinkled with
Color
Red
Orange
Yellow
Brown
Trees have shed their coverings and stand
Nearly bare
Long
Thin
Dark fingers scrape the sky
Wishing for more
Than the leaves at their feet
October 17, 2002
The Drop From A Waterfall
Rushing down
To join its fallen comrades
That have been pushed off the cliff
Made to flow forever
And ever
And ever...
Trapped
In a river flowing to the sea
In a lake watching the unwilling fall
Water
Fall
October 18, 2002
Nothing
I stare into nothingness
Not at any particular object
Or person
I stare into
What some call
The Beyond
I stare until I blink
I hear nothing
Feel nothing
I stare at nothing
October 21, 2002
Fog
Everything seems strange
Nothing's in focus
I can't see
Can't breath
The fog clouds my vision
Creeping along the street
Like some strange
Beast
It comes so quick
So silent
So stealthily
Making its mark on the grass
Blinding
Clogging my throat
Sucking my soul
Out of my mouth
And just as quick
It disappears
When the sun shines through
The dark clouds
October 22, 2002
Darkness
The more of me there is
The less you can see
I surround you
Gradually attacking
I am silent
Can you see me?
No
Of course you cannot
I am not a thing
I am not an object
You can
Touch
I am an element
A creature of the night
Can you guess?
I am darkness
October 28, 2002
Snow Day
Please snow
I wished to the sky
A snow day
Is a wonderful thing
A day free of homework
Teachers
Tests and
Quizzes
Instead of sitting
We could be running free
Throwing snowballs and making forts
Screaming with our "outside voices"
Believing
That Frosty will come alive
That you swear two snowflakes are the same
And that angels are real
Such wonderful days
With such wonderful people
What's wrong with my wish?
It's only October.
October 28, 2002
Wind & Frostbite
There's a chill in the air
It creeps through the skin
Like a ghost
Preying on the bone
Its tiny teeth
Gnawing
Feeding its desire
It passes through the skin a second time
Completely destroying
What's left
It leaves behind its offspring
Then swoops away
To find another victim
October 29, 2002
Hallow's Eve
Today is a day when we can all
Be something else
Be scared and not ashamed
Be allowed to take food from neighbors
Ghosts walk, stumbling over themselves
Little witches believe they can do magic
Chanting: "Bubble, bubble, toil, and trouble"
Vampires vant to drink your blood
On a night when going out after dark
Is the best time to go
And scary stories
Feel right at home
'Tis the night of ghouls and goblins
Screams and fright
You should be afraid of
Hallow's Eve
October 31, 2002
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